|
|
|
|
Hyssop
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family |
Lamiaceae |
Genus and specie |
Hyssopus officinalis |
No other names known, but some other plants are sometimes incorrectly referred to as Hyssop.
It is a semi evergreen shrub with long, thin, pointed spear-shaped leaves. The dark blue (in some rare cases pink or white) double-lipped flowers are borne in thick spikes during summer. The plant is found in central and southern Europe.
The whole plant is used, including the leaves, flowers and oil.
It is a bitter, astringent herb with expectorant, anti-inflammatory and tonic effects (especially for the digestive, nervous and upper-respiratory systems). It lowers fever.
It contains flavonoids, phenolic acids, diterpenoid lactones (marrubiin) and triterpenoids (oleanolic acid) and the essential oil contains ketones (pinocamphone and isopinocamphone).
Hyssop essential oil contains pinocamphone, which in high dosage can be toxic and the oil should therefore be used sparingly.
To be avoided by people suffering from hypertension (high blood pressure), epilepsy, as well as during pregnancy.
PLEASE NOTE: This herb, in the form of essential oil, may be subject to legal restriction in certain countries.
None.
To promote the interest and use of herbs and natural complementary health alternatives, we have included information on the following herbs.
Please note - although we discuss a wide variety of herbs, not all of them are used or sold by us. | |
|
|
To view our products, please click here. |
|
|
 |
| You are as young as your faith, as old as your fear and as long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur, and power - from the earth, from man and from the Infinite - so long will you stay Ageless. |
|
